Young Simba just can't wait to be king. His father is the current King of the Savannah and the young prince is able to frolic the lands at will; jumping on and around other subjects of this animal kingdom. When Simba's father, King Mufasa, is killed and his evil brother Scar takes over the kingdom, Simba is banished from the lands of his birthright and has to grow up fast, honing his skills, for the day of his return.

The Lion King, based on the famous Disney movie, is a platform game where you control Simba - initially as a young cub, and later as an adult lion. The plot of the game follows the plot of the movie. Each of the levels represents a part of the movie.

As young Simba, you can fight various beasts, such as lizards, by jumping on them. You can also roar to scare some creatures into submission, though every time you roar, you have to wait for your "roar meter" to charge.

As an adult lion, you can still roar and jump, but now you fight enemies by slashing at them with your claws (if you're skillful enough, you can also grab them and toss them off the screen).

The game features no in-game save function, and it needs to be replayed from the beginning every time.

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Alternate Titles

"O Rei Leão" -- Brazilian SNES title
"Le Roi Lion" -- French title
"El Rey Leon" -- Spanish title
"Der König der Löwen" -- German title
"ライオンキング" -- Japanese spelling

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	The Lion King	Genesis	$1.95
	The Lion King	Game Boy
	Lion King	Game Gear	$2.40
	The Lion King	SNES	$3.49
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User Reviews

Great Game But Hard	SNES	Trey Barrow (3)
A good game if you're looking for a challenge	SNES	darthsith19 (65)
A disappointing version of a classic game	Amiga	pottyboy (67)
Beautiful graphics	SNES	r h (15)

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The Press Says

Game Players	Genesis	Nov, 1994	94 out of 100	94
Super Power (Sweden)	SNES	Dec, 1994	85 out of 100	85
Entertainment Weekly	Genesis	Nov 25, 1994	B+	83
Jeuxvideo.com	DOS	Jan 19, 2010	16 out of 20	80
SEGA-Mag (Objectif-SEGA)	Genesis	Apr 27, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Game Gear	Dec, 1994	7.8 out of 10	78
The Video Game Critic	SNES	Dec 07, 1999	B	75
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Jan, 1995	74 out of 100	74
GamePro (US)	SNES	Nov, 1994	3 out of 5	60
Total! (Germany)	SNES	Dec, 1994	4.25 out of 6	35

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Trivia

The Windows version of The Lion King was the inspiration for DirectX. It was released with a large line of Compaq computers, but then the system specs were changed at the last minute. The game ceased to work on the computers after the change. To prevent this from happening in the future, Microsoft created DirectX so that applications could run on any computer.

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